Stay Present / Presence
The discipline of keeping one's attention in the immediate moment of the scene rather than planning ahead or evaluating.
Known for
- Will Hines lists 'Be Present' as the first of eight principles in How to Be the Greatest Improviser on Earth.
- Spolin's 'point of concentration' is the technique that enables presence by occupying the conscious mind with a single focus.
- Describes a skill that must be retrained; pre-planning is most improvisers' default failure mode.
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